Recto - "34", "26a" and "WRL" in pencil. Verso - "32" (x2, one in pencil, one in blue pencil)

Location Creation Site

Barnstaple

Subject

Architecture;Drawings / Sketches;Lethaby;William Richard;

Measurements Dimensions

315 x 475 mm

Material

Pencil, pen and black ink on wove paper (probably Whatman hand made).

Notes

Signed 'Debut', pseudonym of W.R. Lethaby. Published in The Building News, vol. 32 (1878-79). Made for The Building News Designing Club Competition. Lethaby entered 19 drawings in all, 17 of which were published in The Building News, all of which are present in the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Special Collection. Lethaby won the competition, being awarded first place in the January of 1878.

Object Notes

Architectural design for a Mountain Chapel, signed with the Debut pseudonym, which shows 1) plan 2) south elevation and 3) south-west view. The plan is fully labelled; the inscriptions (incorporated in the design) - "Accomodation - Nave 38, Choir 12, Total 50".Underdrawing visible.